Today I draw a blank for the first time in 23 days. I just don't have anything that I really want to talk about. I did a lot of serious talking today with a friend and it made me feel good and bad all at the same time. Good to know that I have a friend that will talk to me about such serious things but sad because sometimes serious is just too serious...but I guess I will stay in the serious vein and just see what happens.
I'm not what you call a traveling man. I mean I like vacations and seeing new things but I grow tired of the traveling part super fast. I have always wanted to go to Japan but I would be so scared to be so far out of my element in country that doesn't really speak my language. I am so terrified that I would get lost and never be able to find my way back to the hotel. I really want to see the old temples and the country side more than I want to see the big city. Don't get me wrong I would love to see Tokyo all lit up and sparkly, but I am really interested in the history of Japan. I hate that I have a stereotypical nerd love for Japan because I feel like I may not love it for the right reasons.
What go me to fall in love with Japan in the first place was Anime. I still love reading Manga and watching those amazingly hand drawn cartoons and when I worked at the Anime store back in Port Angeles, my dream job by the way, I tried as hard as possible to learn all I could about where Anime came from. I learned how the second world war sparked so much creativity in Japan and most of the well known and best anime are because of it. If anyone has seen Grave of the Fireflies you know what I am talking about. I wanted to learn Japanese but I could never find a place to fit it into my learning schedule. I have been meaning to find one of those Rosetta stone apps online and do it that way but I am so afraid that I won't be able to do and it will crush me.
When I started going to college I wanted to take some classes that had to do with Japan but the only ones were about religion. I took them anyway and I found out that I loved the far east more than I thought I possibly could. I fell in love with Confucius and all the wisdom he bestowed onto China that then carried over to Japan. I loved learning about Shinto and all the gods and spirits that went along with it. I learned that a lot of the anime that I did watch pulled their stories from years and years of history. Since then I have just been waiting to get a good job so I can save up enough money to plan a trip. I really want to have enough money to be and stay comfortable there. I am graduating this year and I hope to get pretty good job so I can actually start putting money away.
Well here's hoping that I find a good job and eventually get to see the amazing country of Japan.
I'm not what you call a traveling man. I mean I like vacations and seeing new things but I grow tired of the traveling part super fast. I have always wanted to go to Japan but I would be so scared to be so far out of my element in country that doesn't really speak my language. I am so terrified that I would get lost and never be able to find my way back to the hotel. I really want to see the old temples and the country side more than I want to see the big city. Don't get me wrong I would love to see Tokyo all lit up and sparkly, but I am really interested in the history of Japan. I hate that I have a stereotypical nerd love for Japan because I feel like I may not love it for the right reasons.
What go me to fall in love with Japan in the first place was Anime. I still love reading Manga and watching those amazingly hand drawn cartoons and when I worked at the Anime store back in Port Angeles, my dream job by the way, I tried as hard as possible to learn all I could about where Anime came from. I learned how the second world war sparked so much creativity in Japan and most of the well known and best anime are because of it. If anyone has seen Grave of the Fireflies you know what I am talking about. I wanted to learn Japanese but I could never find a place to fit it into my learning schedule. I have been meaning to find one of those Rosetta stone apps online and do it that way but I am so afraid that I won't be able to do and it will crush me.
When I started going to college I wanted to take some classes that had to do with Japan but the only ones were about religion. I took them anyway and I found out that I loved the far east more than I thought I possibly could. I fell in love with Confucius and all the wisdom he bestowed onto China that then carried over to Japan. I loved learning about Shinto and all the gods and spirits that went along with it. I learned that a lot of the anime that I did watch pulled their stories from years and years of history. Since then I have just been waiting to get a good job so I can save up enough money to plan a trip. I really want to have enough money to be and stay comfortable there. I am graduating this year and I hope to get pretty good job so I can actually start putting money away.
Well here's hoping that I find a good job and eventually get to see the amazing country of Japan.